Barber&#39;s chair for children



D. OPPENHEIM.

BARBERS CHAIR FOR CHILDREN.

APPLICATION nun) MAY 21. 1919-.

1,341, 1 92. Patented y 25. 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID OPPENHEIM, OF NEW YORK, N.'Y.

BARBER'S CHAIR FOR CHILDREN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Application filed May 27, 1919. Serial No. 300,062.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAvm OPPENHEIM, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barbers Chairs for Children, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in barbers chairs for small children and it is my object to so construct such chairs that the childs attention will be distracted from the fact that its hair is about to be cut or treated so that it will sit quietly while the operations are going on. I

It is well known to barbers that small children are restless and uneasy when in a barbers chair andithat some of them become so frightened that=the utmost patience is re quired to quiet them before their hair can be cut.-

It -is my object to so construct a chair for their use that it can be readily raised or lowered as 'equired, and at the same time cause the child to feel that he is playing with a new toy while its hair is being cut.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side view of my improved chair; Fig. 2 a rear view of the pedestal and raising device; Fig. 3 a front view, partly in section, and Fig. 4 a detail view of the locking mechanism.

My improved barbers chair for small children comprises a base or pedestal 1 carrying a sculptured or carved figure 2 pro vided with a seat 3 for the child. An extension 4 from the figure telescopes with the pedestal and. in the form shown, has a rack 5 thereon which meshes with a gear 6 revoluble in the pedestal. A handle 7 on the gear shaft outside the pedestal enables the operator to raise or lower the figure while a pawl 8 engaging a ratchet 9. locks it at any desired height.

'hile I have shown a hobby horse as a. sculptured or carved figure in the drawing I do not limit myself thereto but may use any sculptured or carved figure provided "with a seat for a child and the raising and lowering mechanism shown and described may be changed without departing from my invention.

:A barbers chair for childrens use com plkising a sculptured figure, a seat thereon, arms and a back on said seat, a pedestal carrying the figure, means interposed between the pedestal and the figure for raising and lowering the. latter in a vertical line and means for locking the same at any desired point, the said figure being stationary with respect to the base when in use.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

DAVID OPPENHEIM. 

